以1857年《伦敦新闻画报》开始向中国派遣一批又一批的特约画家兼记者为标志,西方各国或派出记者与画家对中国进行了解,或通过《伦敦新闻画报》派遣的特约画家兼记者对晚清中国进行报道。记者与画家们一组组关于中国的图文报道,不仅记录发生在中国的重大战争事件、各国官员们的外交往来,还特别关注中国 In the wake of the London News Pictorial’s first batch of specially appointed painters and reporters dispatched to China in 1857, Western countries sent correspondents and painters to understand China or sent special correspondents and reporters through the London News Pictorial Reported to late Qing China. Reporters and painters in a group of graphic reports on China not only recorded the major war events in China and the diplomatic exchanges between officials of various countries but also paid special attention to China